
When enabling a logfile size limit with daily rotating logs, the limit does not apply to every file, but to all files together!Įxample: You enabled a size limit of 100MB, daily logs and deleting logfiles after 10 days. There is one effect when using these two features together which may confuse many users because it works differently as expected. Special case: Using log size limit and rotating logfiles together Enable 'Delete old logfiles after' and put the desired value (in days) into the field. Additionally you can set the number of days for which logfiles are kept. The timestamp in the logfile name follows ISO8601 (four digit year, then month, then day), so the logs will sort correctly. Just enable 'Use a different logfile each day', and FileZilla Server will create logs in the format fzs-yy yy-mm-dd.log. You can either log everything into one big file, or let the server create a new logfile every day.

When the logfile reaches this size, the oldest entries will be deleted. This location cannot be changed.Įnable 'Limit log file size to' and enter the desired value (in KB) into the field. C:\Program Files (x86)\FileZilla Server\Logs) subdirectory of FileZilla Servers installation path. The logfiles are stored into a 'Logs' (I.E. Tick the 'Enable logging to file' box and you're done. Open the server settings (Edit -> Settings) and navigate to the 'Logging' tab. Filelog is disabled after a fresh installation and must be enabled first. The second logging possibility is logging to file.

Closing the admin interface deletes the complete buffered log. There's no facility to turn it off or move it elsewhere. The screen log occupies the upper part of the admin interface window, directly below the toolbar. Note that additional internal status messages don't follow this scheme. Log text: Commands received, replies sent, status messages and more.

User name of the account using this connection, (not logged in) is shown before the login process is completed.Connection ID (in brackets): every new connection will get a unique ID, this aids in tracking one special connection only.If you want logs when no user is logged on, don't want to leave the admin interface running or want to track large logs, you need to use file logging (see below). The screen log is enabled automatically when the admin interface is running, you don't have to do anything more. And, for performance reasons, there's only a finite number of lines logged. 1.2.5 Special case: Using log size limit and rotating logfiles togetherįileZilla Server, like the client, includes two means of logging, screen and file log.Īs FileZilla Server is split in two parts (service and administration interface), the screen log won't work if the admin interface isn't running, for example if no user is logged on.
